Skip to main content

Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (now chiefly Leicestershire) : habitational name from either of two places called Kinson, one in Shropshire and the other in Dorset, which is named from the Old English personal name Cynestān + Old English tūn.

Join the Family

Your partner in parenting from baby name inspiration to college planning.

Subscribe